dealing with problem members #problem-member - violation of stated group policy
#problem-member
Hello, I'm an owner and moderator for a group whose members consist of residents of our subdivision for quite some time now. ? Initially, postings were somewhat out of control but eventually calmed
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Frank
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#43851
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Re: Member email address change on our group changed it on & notified another group
Much ado about nothing? What do you group owners who think their privacy is in some way breached, do about a subscriber who happens to share or forward one of your emails to a non group subscriber? Or
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Nivard Ovington
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#43850
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Re: Member email address change on our group changed it on & notified another group
Hi Dave, If the desired resolution is to have Groups.IO users manage their own accounts which apply globally across all groups remove moderator access to modify their account. For example in MS Teams
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George Park
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#43849
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Re: Member email address change on our group changed it on & notified another group
Please see this from Duane: As a final followup, I found the conversation on the beta group ( https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/91806663 ) discussing the procedure involved. ?That topic is now
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Frances
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#43848
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Re: Member email address change on our group changed it on & notified another group
Gentlepersons involved, It is sad that an event created by a person (a moderator or owner), using an unusual and unintended way, modifying with authorisation or not (the account email) of a 'member'
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dave w <groupsmaster@...>
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#43847
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Re: New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
Hi Chris, Thanks for the info. Looks like we've got it working. I would note that, in my tests, the Pending Subscription email does not arrive until the applicant replies to the confirmation email.
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Kenneth Sharp-Knott
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#43846
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Re: New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
Thanks Bruce. That was very helpful. I think we've got it set up correctly now and it's working well. Best
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Kenneth Sharp-Knott
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#43845
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Re: New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
*No*. That email address is solely to trigger the joining process. A response to the Pending Subscription Message goes to your +owner email address; it will also appear in your *Activity* log. Looking
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Chris Jones
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#43844
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Re: New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 11:38 AM, Kenneth Sharp-Knott wrote (to Duane): This approach will not achieve your objective, as a message sent to the +subscribe address is not stored or forwarded. They serve
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Bruce
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#43843
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Re: New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
Hi Chris, Thanks for the reply and info. I do not have a Pending Membership message set up or active... I've found that. Given that, perhaps the workflow I imagined would be altered as such... 1) A
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Kenneth Sharp-Knott
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#43842
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Re: New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
Ok, I did determine that I had not set it correctly to receive the pending messages. My apologies regarding that point. However, the larger issue still stands. I am not receiving the email the
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Kenneth Sharp-Knott
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#43841
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Re: New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
If you want to receive a notification of this via email, you need to select that notice to be sent to you.? See
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Duane
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#43840
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Re: New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
Q1: Have you got a Pending Membership message set up and "active"? Q2: Have your moderators got "Pending members" Notifications set to "email"? with or without web notification) Chris
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Chris Jones
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#43839
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New members to a restricted group - unclear how this works or it's not working
#subscription
#membershiprequest
So, our group is set to restricted access.? Those seeking access send and email to [email protected] My impression is that we moderators would receive an email notifying of a pending new
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Kenneth Sharp-Knott
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#43838
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Re: Member email address change on our group changed it on & notified another group
As a final followup, I found the conversation on the beta group ( https://beta.groups.io/g/main/topic/91806663 ) discussing the procedure involved.? That topic is now moderated, but you can join beta
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Duane
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#43837
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Re: Combining Subgroup Messages/Archives into Main Group
You guys rock! ?Thank you. I think the privacy and "announcement" settings will be the simplest option. Patti
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Patti Woodbury
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#43836
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Re: Member email address change on our group changed it on & notified another group
George is the owner of a paid group.? He changed someone's email address for them.? An entry was made in the Activity Log of the other groups that person was a member of that showed George's
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Duane
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#43835
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Re: Combining Subgroup Messages/Archives into Main Group
No.? As you've discovered, subgroups are basically separate groups under the main group umbrella.? However, there is a setting for subgroups, under Privacy, that would allow you to set them to
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Duane
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#43834
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Re: Combining Subgroup Messages/Archives into Main Group
Patti, /On 2023-05-03 16:52, Patti Woodbury via groups.io wrote: / There's no built-in way of doing this, but you can set the subgroup Settings->Privacy->Visibility setting to /Group listed in parent
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Christos Psarras
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#43833
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Re: Member email address change on our group changed it on & notified another group
I remember seeing this in the manual. What I understood--and still understand--from this note in the Member's Manual is that the change ONLY "applies to all groups [one is] subscribed to at the
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Jeannette Bellerose
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#43832
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